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NurseTim, Inc. provides faculty development through on-site consultations, conferences, and webinars. We have over 27 consultants nationwide and specialize in providing completely customizable on-site workshops for Nurse Educators. Our conferences encourage collaboration and critical thinking, and our webinar catalog has expanded to 100+ webinars, including 115+ contact hours. We look forward to working with you soon! Call or write us today at 866.861.2896 / workshops@nursetim.com

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

When leveling test items, it is important to remember that most questions a student receives on NCLEX® will be at the application and analysis level. It is also important to remember that the most critical concepts are those often found in the fundamental nursing courses. For this reason, it is vital that faculty at all levels explore the development of test items for higher-order thinking. Dr. Bristol addresses the needs for leveling in this video.

Thursday, August 10, 2017

NCLEX®is a direct reflection of clinical practice. Faculty are often challenged to bring all the pieces together for students: clinical experiences, standardized testing results andNCLEX®preparation. Dr. Tim Bristol models an instructor preparing students for "clinical carding", an active learning strategy for clinical using standardized test results,NCLEX®client needs, and their real-life patient assignment. Clinical carding promotes student accountability forNCLEX® preparation at every level of every nursing program, while making standardized test results real and applicable to their clinical experiences.

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Success as a student often means being focused on the things that matter most. But what are those things, and how does one focus?

This video walks students through two quick processes that, when practiced, will consistently help them save time studying. Both strategies are based on the main reasons that students fail NCLEX®, and help the learner get to the main point quicker. The other advantage of these two strategies is that they both help the learner while providing bedside nursing care for clients.

The NurseTim®NCLEX®Review helps students save time studying. In 1-3 day onsite and online workshops, students develop habits of critical thinking on all levels. From passing NCLEX®to clinical competency, this time-saving and money-saving NCLEX®review will help you find success.

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Merriam-Webster defines 'success' as 'favorable or desired outcome'. Using NurseThink Notes as part of your curriculum helps nursing students succeed!

This tool promises to help with improving critical thinking, prioritization, and saving time throughout nursing school. Use it in every class, clinical, and lab. Be sure to check out the orientation videosandsample chapters. Remember, if your program adopts NurseThink Notes as a required text for all students, you will receive the electronic version at no additional cost!

Student Success Tools include:

Best practice for study tips

Strategies for prioritizing care

Care categories for NCLEX®test plan

Quality and safety standards

NurseThink quick mnemonics

20 concepts of care

Over 175 disease processes

High frequency patent alerts from AARP, AHRQ, CDC and Healthy People 2020

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Toolbox Tuesday is a weekly blog series by NurseTim, a leader in faculty development and student preparation.

The tools featured each week are mapped to the NCLEX® Test Plan and the QSEN Competencies. These ready-to-use tools help educators quickly implement evidence-based learning strategies that engage learners. Never miss a tool by signing up to get blog updates via your favorite RSS Reader or email.

◦Print
out different cardiac rhythm strips on the top of different pieces of paper,
these can come from your text, or review text (if required and have rights to
use), you can obtain some from the internet if you seek permission.

◦Pass
out the papers to the class

◦Give
the students a time limit to look at the paper and list the top 3 nursing
interventions that should be implemented based upon the strip provided.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Toolbox Tuesday is a weekly blog series by NurseTim, a leader in faculty development and student preparation.

The tools featured each week are mapped to the NCLEX® Test Plan and the QSEN Competencies. These ready-to-use tools help educators quickly implement evidence-based learning strategies that engage learners. Never miss a tool by signing up to get blog updates via your favorite RSS Reader or email.

To reinforce the evaluation process.As nurse educators we often see the
evaluation process as the easiest.But
if students do not know what they are looking for as signs that their
implementations were effective, then students cannot succeed in this area.

NCLEX® Connection

All Areas

QSEN

All Areas

Steps

◦Place
a ND on the Board

◦Ask
the students for an appropriate goal and intervention to obtain the goal.

◦Ask
the students to provide signs and symptoms that their interventions were
adequate.

◦Ask
either the same student or another student to explain why that is an
appropriate nursing intervention.

◦Variation
– do the same activity with a scenario

◦Variation
– have multiple copies of interventions.You can use CR26 and CR 27 and CR 28 together.Have them team up, the NI with the
appropriate evaluation.

Supplies/Prep

◦Paper

Budget Concerns

None if do the standard.Expense could include a scenario text if the school has not already
adopted one, or they could be faculty created.

Comments

Use Socratic teaching methods
to assist the students to include all of the ND or rule out any that are not
appropriate for this patient.